Groh, Faculty Advisor, Dennis

VanSickle, Sarah

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Illinois Wesleyan UniversityDigital Commons @ IWUJohn Wesley Powell Student ResearchConference 1998, 9th Annual JWP ConferenceApr 18th, 11:15 AM - 11:30 AMTrade and Commerce at Sepphoris, IsraelSarah VanSickleIllinois Wesleyan UniversityDennis Groh, Faculty AdvisorIllinois Wesleyan UniversityFollow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/jwprcThis Event is brought to you for free and open access by The Ames Library, the Andrew W. Mellon Center for Curricular and FacultyDevelopment, the Office of the Provost and the Office of the President. It has been accepted for inclusion in Digital Commons @ IWU bythe faculty at Illinois Wesleyan University. For more information, please contact digitalcommons@iwu.edu.©Copyright is owned by the author of this document.Sarah VanSickle and Dennis Groh, Faculty Advisor, "Trade and Commerce at Sepphoris, Israel" (April 18, 1998). JohnWesley Powell Student Research Conference. Paper 4.http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/jwprc/1998/oralpres2/4THE JOHN WESLEY POWELL STUDENT RESEARCH CONFERENCE @ APRIL 1998 Oral Presentation 2.4 TRADE AND COMMERCE AT SEPPHORIS, ISRAEL Sarah VanSickle and Dennis Groh* Department of Anthropology, lllinois Wesleyan University Conflicting material has been written regarding trade patterns in the Near East. Researchers debate whether Galilean cities utilized trade routes along the Sea of Galilee and the Mediterranean Sea or were self-sufficient, with little access to trade. An analysis of material culture found at specific sites can most efficiently determine the extent of trade in the region. A significant assemblage of foreign goods will be found if commerce is extensive; an overwhelming majority of provincial artifacts will suggest minimal trade. This project will explore the trade patterns of one site, Sepphoris, located in the Lower Galilean region of Israel, near present-day Nazareth. The city sits on both the major North/South and EastlWest trade routes of Galilee. This particularly suits the region for trade and commerce. The following study will focus on the first through fourth centuries CE, a time of prosperity at Sepphoris. Import routes at Sepphoris have not yet been studied in relation to one another-this report will begin such an examination. Through the analysis of both published and unpublished materials (the latter courtesy of James F. Strange, director of the University of South Florida's Excavations at Sepphoris) this study will assert that import routes to Sepphoris were neither irregular nor random. Rather, they remained relatively constant over time to provide Sepphoris's residents with goods manufactured outside of the city. 

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